Grain-shocker.



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GRAIN sHocKVER.

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G. H. OMEALEY. GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. I913.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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G. H. OMEALEY.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILI-:D MAR. 24. Isls.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. I9I.3.

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G. H. OMEALEY'.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FIL-ED MAR.24,1913.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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G. H. OIVIEALEY.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. I9I3.

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GRAIN-SHOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, i916.

Application filed March 24, 1913. Serial No. 756,625.

Be it known that l, GEORGE l-l. OMEALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake Providence, in the parish of East Carroll, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Shockers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta-ins to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to grain shockers and has special reference to a motor driven shocker for shocking grain as the same is harvested.

Une object of the invention is to improve the general construction of devices of this character. v

ifi. second object of the invention is to provide an improved shocking table.

A third object of the invention is to provide improved means for holding the shock while it is being dropped.

lilith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specically claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a general plan view of the entire device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the tractor frame showing the driving mechanism carried thereby. Fig. 4- is a transverse section on the line 1 -l of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar section on the line 5--5 of' Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 6 G of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a section taken through the shocking table. Fig. 8 is a view of the means used for varying the position vertically of the front of the tractor frame. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail of the steering mechanism. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail showing the means for varying the speed of the transmission and for reversing the same. Fig. 11 is a detail section through the shocker showing the shock table raised in full lines and dropped in dotted lines. Fig. 12 is a view showing in detail the arrangement for holding the teeth of the shocker table in place.

In considering the construction of the device it may be esserne@ in Several ,wmf

ponent parts. In carrying out the description these parts will be referred to as a whole by certain capital letters. 1n carrying out the invention there is provided a reaper of any preferred description and this is indicated in general at A. There is also provided a tractor E which carries the reaper and which serves to operate the entire device by .means of its connection. This tractor also supports a shocker table C to which the bundles are conveyed by means of the carrier D, the bundles being deposited on the carrier from the reaper.

Referring now to the reaper A, this reaper is provided with the usual knife 10 actuated in any preferred manner, the platform 1.1., elevator 12 and binder deck 13.

The tractor includes the longitudinal frame members 111 on the outside of the frame and the interna-l longitudinal members rllhese longitudinal members are connected together by the transverse inembers 16 and to the longitudinal members l-l and 1-3 there are secured, at the rear of the machine, an upward and inwardly curved member 17. The rear end of this goose neck member is connected to casting 18 whereon is pivotally mounted an inverted U-shaped yoke 19, a shaft 2O extending through a suitable opening in the casting 18 and through a bearing sleeve 21 carried by the yoke for the purpose of making this pivotal connection. At the lower ends of the yoke arms there are provided bearings through which passes a shaft 23 having fixed thereon the ground wheels 24. rllhere is also fixed on the shaft 23 a bevel gear 25 which meshes with a bevel gear 26 fixed upon the shaft 20. Mounted on the upper end of the shaft is a friction wheel .27 which is preferably made of iron and is provided with an elongated hub 28 to prevent` tilting of the wheel 27. rlhis wheel 2'? is provided on each side of its periphery with abevel friction face 29. Carried on the goose neck 17 are bearings 30 wherein are mounted the short shafts 31 and the long shaft 32.

On the shafts 31 and 32 are paper bevel friction wheels 33 arranged in pairs so that they firmly clasp the faces of the wheel 27. @ne of the wheels 33 is fixed upon the shaft 32 while the other wheel on said shaft ro-t tates freely thereon. One of the shafts 31 is geared to the shaft 32 by means of the saar Wheel-S 3.4 e116.'- .On the Shaft $2 is a sprocket 35 Which is connected by a link chain belt 86 with a sprocket 37 fixed upon the main or drive shaft 38 Which shaft is provided With a universal joint 4-9. The latter is driven by means of an engine V89 Which is preferably of the multi-cylinder marine type. Secured to the upper part of the yoke 19 on the front side thereof is a semi-circular grooved member l0 which is connected to said yoke by bolts 41. ln the groove of this member are carried the cables l2 which are led from guide pulleys i3 to a Winding drum le provided with a crank handle 45.V VThese cables 42 are WoundY in .opposite directions on the drum so that as ene cable Winds up, the other Will unwind thereby rotating the yoke 19 with respect to the shaft 2O independently of the movement of said shaft. So far as this part of the apparatus is concerned it Will'be obvious that Whenthe shaft 38 is driven by the 'engine 39 the shaft 82 will also be driven and this in turn Will drive the shaft 20 which Will thereby convey movement to theV tractor Wheels 24;. ln order that the engine may be allowed to run `\Tith ut drivingthe wheels 2d there is Yprmiided on the shaft 38 a'suitable clutch mechanism -l6 which is controlled Vby an ordinary clutch lever 4:7.

Extending from the opposite end of the engine 39 is a shaft e8. The forward end of the shaft f8 haskeyed thereon a sleeve 50 carrying a shipper ring 51 controlled by a lever Mounted on this sleeve ar spaced pairs of bevel friction pulleys 53 and one pulley of each pair is fixed by a key53 on the sleeve'ivhereby it vvill be prevented freni either rotative or longitudinal. movement on the sleeve, While the other is ro- Ytatably mounted thereon. These loose pulleys 53 support the opposite side of'each of the disks to that engaged by the fixed pulleys V53 Vso that rocking movement of the disks is prevented. On the sleeve is also mounted a gear 54: Which meshes With a gear fixed upon a shaftV 56v supported in suit 7 able bearings 57 carried by the main frame members. On these shafts 56 is also mounted a sleeve and friction pulley arrangement identical with that on the shaft 48 and controlled by the same shipper lever 52 the parts being numbered alike Yon bothr MountedY in suitable'hangers carried by the mainframe are shafts 58 and on each of these shafts is a'friction disk 59 provided with internal and externalrbevel faces arranged to engage the friction Vpulleys 53 selectively. New the friction pulleys'53 are arranged so that when moved to one position one'internal and Vone external friction pul-V ley will engage the respective friction disk 59While the other pulleys are similarly engaged when the device is moved to the other position.

shafts.

Carried by the inain frame are certainV standards 60 Whereon are adj ustablymounted the bars 61 carrying at the lower Vend bearings 62 and being provided with threaded upper'portions 63; The standards 60 are slotted toV admit the hand Wheels 64 having. Y centrally disposed nuts which fit the screws 63' respectively so that as the hand Wheels are rotated the bars 61 are raised or lowered vvithV respect to the main frame thus affording means of varying the height of Said `frame from the Y ground. VTractor Wheels 68 are mounted upon the opposite ends of the front axleV 65. Y Y

In the bearings 62 is supported the front Vaxle 65 on each end of Which is fixed a sprocket 66 'over which a chain 66 passes, Which chain is trained over a` sprocket. on the end of the adjacent axle '58.

In using the reaper in connection With this Y tractor Yit is secured by va stirrup 69 tothe member 14 soY that a shaft 70 may bear-p ranged therein andf support a tubeV 71 AWhich' is secured to the tractor'B. The reaper is also connected to the tractor by means of a Y brace "bar72 and a'hook 73. `Y ln lorder to Y drive the reaper the shaft`4t8'ispreferably extended tothe reaper and providedon its outer` end with a sprocket 74 connected in the usual manner to the .reapermechanism, the specified connection not being deemed necessary to be shown by `reason of the fact' that this connection will vary With the pe,-V

culiar style of reaper used. e Extending laterally from theV tractor llame is a cross bar 75 Whereon 1s bolteda plate 7 6 which carries at its upperend Va plu rality of bearings 77 wherein issupported a shaft 78 on which is fixed an operatingles Y' Y ver7 9 provided Vwith a latch *8OV which .Y

Works over a quadrant 81 on Vthe frame. Fixed upon the shaft 78 are a series of'levers 82Which have their ends connected toY eye-VVV` bolts 83 Ywhich Vpass through a plate Y84.

Links 85 connect thelo'wer edges ofthe across the board and is additionally held by Newl inthe Operationof these i Y parts of the device when the shock hasbeen a clip 88.

laid V'upon the fingers fand it is'desired to -dropthe same'to the ground Ythe latch lever 'Y Y Y 7 9 is released. This permits the idownward movement of the finger board Y84C so that'the shock is dropped and rests betweentheffin-V gers on Vthe ground vvvhereuponithe'friction of the shock ends onthe ground will cause the shock' to moveoff the smooth'ngers and remain behind the machine. It is to be understood that the member 7 5 carries one end of the foot boards 7 5.

Carried on suitable braces or legs 95 eX- tending upward from the foot boards is a table 96 and the outer foot board is provided with a railing 97 for the protection of the operator on the outer foot board.

Fixed upon the bar 78 are a pair of brackets 98 which support a shaft 99 whereon is journaled a grooved wheel 100. A coil spring 101 has one end connected to this wheel and the other end to shaft 99. Around the wheel 100 is wound a cable 102 and on the free end of this cable is a shock cap 103 which is designed to fit over the end of a shock to hold the same together after it has been formed on the fingers 85. By this means lwhen the shock is dropped by releasing the lever 79 the top will be held together since the cap will be kept in position by the operator pressing the same on the top of the shock until the butt of the shock strikes the ground whereupon by releasing the cap the coil spring will wind it up in position for the next shock.

Suitably connected to the foot boards 75 by braces 105 is a Wheeled frame 106 supporting a bundle carrier 107 of the ordinary belt and slat type. At the lower end of this bundle carrier are guide boards 108 to receive the bundles from the reaper A. At the upper end of this bundle carrier is the usual beater 109. For the purpose of driving the carrier the aXle 65 may be extended and provided with a sprocket 110 which is connected to a sprocket 111 on the upper shaft of the carrier 107 by means of a chain 112. rEhe beater may be driven from this shaft by the usual sprocket and chain arrangement as indicated at 113.

The separate elements of the operation having been specifically described at the time of describing the mechanism it is believed that a brief review of the entire operation is all that is now necessary. The engine having been started and the shipper lever or levers properly manipulated, as also the clutch lever 47, the machine will move forward. Now as the machine moves forward the usual reaping and binding opera tion takes place and the separate sheaves are delivered one after the other to the bundle carrier. From this bundle carrier they are dropped on the table 96 and from there the operators on either side of the table formed by the lingers 85, and which will be known as the shocker table, form the sheaves into shocks at the same time pressing upon the shock the cap 103. When the shock has been formed the lever 79 is operated to drop the same and after it has been deposited on the ground this lever is again worked to raise the parts in position for the neXt shock.

There has thus been provided a simple and eliicient device of the kind described and of the character specified.

It will be obvious that many 'minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the eXact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as come properly within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the. invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a shocker, the combination with a drop table; of a shock cap7 and a yieldable mounting for said shock cap.

2. In a shocker, a shock holder including a frame, a wheel journaled in said frame, a cable wound around said wheel; a spring arranged to rewind the cable when the latter is unwound, and a shock cap connected to the cable and adapted to fit the top of a shock.

3. 1n a shocker, a shock holder including `a frame, a wheel journaled in said frame, a

cable wound around said wheel; a spring arranged to rewind the cable when the latter is unwound, and a shock cap connected to the cable and adapted to fit the top of a shock; in combination with a tilting table having its upper end below said cap when the latter is wound up.

1n testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY OMEALEY.

Witnesses J. D. MILLER, E. P. CAMPBELL.

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